Historical Events In July - 17

1704  Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer on July - 17.   

1709  On July - 17 pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60   

1712  On July - 17 england, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th]   

1727  Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor on July - 17.   

1740  Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV on this day in history.   

1744  On July - 17 elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering   

1746  Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1753  On July - 17 andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies   

1762  On July - 17 catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.   

1762  On this day in history peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34   

1763  On this day in history the birth of John Jacob Astor, US millionaire   

1763  On this day in history johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On this day in history wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45   

1764  Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82 on July - 17.   

1774  On this day in history capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)   

1775  On July - 17 the first military hospital approved   

1775  On this day in history 1st military hospital approved   

1775  On this day in history august Harder, composer   

1788  Russian fleet destroys Swedish on July - 17.   

1791  Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing as many as 50 people on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined   

1794  African Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated on July - 17.   

1794  On July - 17 richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church   

1794  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1804  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1815  Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces on this day in history.   

1817  Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history spain cedes Florida to US   

1826  Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65 on July - 17.   

1827  Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet) on July - 17.   

1830  On this day in history eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)   

1832  Johan August Soderman, composer on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82   

1839  On this day in history friedrich Gernsheim, composer   

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.   

1487  On this day in history birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)   

1674  Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) was born on this day in history.   

1702  On July - 17 birth of johann Schneider, composer   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on July - 17.   

1745  On July - 17 birth of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)   

1763  On this day in history birth of johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education   

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader   

0656  Death of Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, assassinated on July - 17.   

0924  Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies on this day in history.   

1025  On July - 17 boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies   

1070  On July - 17 boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies   

1345  On this day in history death of jacob Van Artevelde, [Manner Man], Flemish broker, lynched   

1453  Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1510  Edmund Dudley, English minister of Justice/Finance, dies on July - 17.   

1531  On July - 17 death of hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)